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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

1,143 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 58

Woman Killed Fifteen Injured Struck Pole

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 8

While rounding a bend in Victoria road, Rydalmere, on Saturday night, a motor car got out of control, and, skidding across the roadway, crashed…

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Tragic Scene Eighty Fatherless Mine Fatality London, Jan. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 1

Terrible scenes were witnessed to-night at the scene of yesterday's tragic explosion at the Haig Pit. Whitehaven, in which…

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Child Drowned Was From Maitland Newcastle Inquest Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 8

On January 13, Mrs. Jessie O'Connell, of Smith-street, West Maitland, was bathing in the baths at Wangi with her little three-year-old daughter…

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NOSE-DIVED Sailplane Mishap Mr. Jarvis Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 9

Amazing fortitude was displayed by Mr. L. J. Jarvis, of West Maitland, who was injured when he crashed in a sailplane…

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Six Injured Car and 'Bus Collide Cessnock Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 10

Six persons were injured, five of whom were admitted to Cessnock District Hospital, when a motor car and a motor omnibus…

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Thirty Injured At Carnival Stand Crashes Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 11

When a temporary staging collapsed and fell crashing to the ground, thirty spectators at the Freshwater surf carnival were…

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Eleven Killed Buried in Rock Eighty Injured Calcutta, Jan. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 10

Eleven were killed and 80 injured as the result of a rock burst in the Armur Gold Mines, in Mysore State yesterday…

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Miller's Forest Painful Accident Fell on Harrow. Miller's Forest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 12

Mr. Percy Boyce, of Scotch Creek, Miller's Forest, met with a very painful accident. He was returning from a…

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Toll of Death Motor Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 5

Statistics recently taken of the City of London and compared with those of 40 years ago, show that in these days of progress and…

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Struck by Prop Hebburn No. 2 Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 9

Mr. "Jack" Palmer, residing at Mayfield, Abermain, and employed at Hebburn No. 2 as a shiftman, was struck on the hed by a prop while…

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Ten Injured Car Collision Picnic Parties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 8

In a broadside collisior at the corner of Livingstone and Sydenham Roads, Marrickville, yesterday, ten persons were injured…

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The Singleton Argus MONDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY, 1931. Local and General News Slight Car Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

A slight accident occurred yesterday at the intersection of Bathurst and Pitt [streets, when two cars met, and in attempting to avoid a collision, Mr W…

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Important Oil Discovery Cusher Found by Accident. After 20 Years of Research. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Rome

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

After 20 years research a petrol gusher was accidentally found at Fontevivo by'workmen installing a gusher plant…

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Caught in Weeds Casino Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

John Ryan, 44, was drowned in the Richmond River in what is known as the Casino swimming pool on Monday afternoon…

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ACQUITTED Motor Fatality NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

On the morning of November 1, 1980, a Boy Scout named Donald William McNaughton, aged 12 years, was knocked down by a motor car…

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Neck Injured Thrown From Pony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

On Sunday night, Lionel Robards, the 12-year-old son of Mr. E. Robards, of Clarence Town, was riding a pony when it suddenly shied…

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Plane Crash In London Garden Two Injured. London, Feb. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 1

Luck and skill combined to avert a disaster when an Avro biplane, piloted by Richard Bush accompanied by Stanley Rodwell,…

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Big Death Roll in New Zealand Earthquake Disaster Napier and Hastings Suffer Deaths Exceed 100; Injured 1000 Fires Add to Horror of Calamity Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 2

Later details of the terrible earthquake which wrecked the city of Napier, in the North Island of New Zealand, on Tuesday morning state that in Napier alone 100 people were killed and over 1000 injured…

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Boy Killed Newtown Collision SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 1

When a motor cycle and bicycle collided at Newtown Late last night the rider of the bicycle, a boy named Albert Clarke, was fatally injured…

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Five Injured Car Overturns Serious Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 8

A serious motor accident occurred on the Tamworth-Uralla road, as a result of which Mr. Fred Chaffey, of Tamworth, and…

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